---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to shock probation. Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, arising from the same incident."
description: "AN ACT relating to shock probation. Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, arising from the same incident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Kentucky HB 222 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/428aa196-0eb3-4eb6-9a58-9c8bb52819bf"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB222.htm"
source_hash: "4804a3a6139494aabfeaef1370f45747e11c4b43562e86deba06c463eeedf0cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 222 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to shock probation. Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if a person is convicted of violating KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, or KRS 507.050, relating to reckless homicide, and a violation of KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, arising from the same incident.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 222 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB222/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB222/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB222/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 33-4 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 090) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/428aa196-0eb3-4eb6-9a58-9c8bb52819bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).